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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Script, pages 100-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of primate represents the "least among man," according to the narrator?
(a) The chimpanzee.
(b) The cheeky monkey.
(c) The baboon.
(d) The gorilla.

2. Which great fear does Loola confide to Dr. Poole when they first meet?
(a) Chief will kill her.
(b) They will run out of food.
(c) She is slowly dying from radiation.
(d) She will bear a deformed baby.

3. Why is Chief concerned that no women produced healthy babies this season?
(a) The radioactivity has likely reached lethal levels.
(b) This shows that Belial is displeased with them.
(c) This represents a dearth of much-needed manpower.
(d) They will have no babies to sacrifice to the Devil.

4. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?
(a) They were hand-selected as the most intelligent of mankind.
(b) They are nothing special, and are quiet and humane.
(c) They are extraordinarily physically fit, which will serve them well in their travels.
(d) They are petty and jealous, and given to fighting.

5. Who stands guard over Dr. Poole during the mating rituals to ensure he does not escape?
(a) Two Postulants.
(b) The Arch Vicar.
(c) The Patriarch of Pasadena.
(d) Loola.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of the screenplay, baboons have gathered in what place?

2. Where did William Tallis prefer to be buried?

3. Who is the author of the movie script at the heart of the novel's story?

4. Who decides to drive to Cottonwood Ranch to find William Tallis?

5. What is the reader told about how the "Ape and Essence" script appears in the novel?

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